Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wicked laser

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. BD2412 T 08:16, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wicked laser

Neologism and advertisement (surprisingly sans link). --Improv 19:44, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete; neologism not in widespread use. There may be some good info there that could be merged into Laser pointer or something like that. —HorsePunchKid→龜 2005-12-03 20:56:15Z
• Delete. I see no information in there except the assertion that a frequency-doubled Nd-YAG laser is called "wicked". Pilatus 21:44, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Could it be that the recently registered author bought the keyword "wicked laser" from Google and is related to the webshop that prominently advertises 532 nm lasers with 100 and 125 mW output power on its top page? Call me paranoid, but the "sponsored link" tells me just that. Pilatus 21:53, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: It seems to be the name used by a company in China to market powerful lasers; hence, it is more of a product name (perhaps trademarked?) than a generic name as claimed in the article. Does anybody know what the proper generic name is for portable lasers that are more powerful than the typical laser pointer? Those things come up in the news sometimes, like when an airline pilot is interfered with by the use of one of them, so there must be a name for them? *Dan T.* 15:48, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I don't believe there is a generic term for that. Normally people would just say laser, and use adjectives to get close to whatever finer-tuned meaning they want. I don't think there are definitive borders between the external physical forms of a laser anyhow -- there are terms for lasers produced via different means or different strengths of laser, but all these should probably just be covered under laser. I could imagine if we got some really in-depth stuff on the means to produce lasers giving those seperate articles at some point. --Improv 16:45, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
• All right, Delete... if it's not something that's got an established name. Subject to recreation under whatever generic name the concept eventually gets, if it ever does. *Dan T.* 06:16, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Pilatus. Stifle 19:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.